Quick Hits: 9.14.10

Former Yale left-hander Craig Breslow ’02, now a reliever with the Oakland Athletics, has been nominated for Major League Baseball’s Roberto Clemente Award for humanitarian and community service. Each of the league’s 30 teams has a nominee.

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Former quaker had disease

A brain autopsy revealed that Owen Thomas, a Penn football player who committed suicide in April, had the same trauma-induced disease found in more than 20 deceased NFL players. Thomas did not have a history of depression when he was found dead.